Disagreements for the 30 years of the economic model in Peru

Establishing a constituent assembly to modify the current magna carta, which is on its way to 30 years of validity, motivated the population, especially in the south of the country, to take to the streets as a sign of discontent.

About, Waldo Mendozaformer head of the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF), confirmed the benefits of the economic model created as a result of Alberto Fujimori’s self-coup: it has rained for everyone.

Mendoza emphasized that GDP growth has been underestimated in Peru, to the point that we do not appreciate that it has gone from US$1,700 per capita to US$7,300 in three decades. “The model may show some disparities, but quintupling GDP per capita does not happen in many parts of the planet. When GDP grows, companies produce more and workers pay more Income Tax. Growth will not be everything, but it will It’s almost everything,” he said at the presentation of his book Constitution and Economic Growth: Peru 1993-2021.

Numbers are not universal truths

sociologist and former congressman Marisa Glave He warned that a new constituent pact is necessary, since the weakening of the consensus forged in 1993 is notorious, because despite the merits of increasing per capita GDP and reducing monetary poverty indicators, not everything is rosy: We are the country with the highest food insecurity in the region, according to FAO data.

In addition, Glave recalled that in 30 years the model has not improved redistribution, to the point that within the poverty lines we see regions such as Puno and Huancavelica, where 69.9% and 54% of children have anemia, respectively.

Quoting the researcher German AlarcoVillarán specified that economic growth has benefited the higher income sectors and, therefore, that Mendoza ensures that “growth necessarily leads to improved income and jobs is not supported by data, by empirical evidence”.

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Waldo Mendoza, Former Minister of Economy

“Growth will not be everything, but it is almost everything. All multidimensional poverty indicators improve if and only if GDP per capita rises. When it does not rise, there is nothing.”

Fernando Villarán, Former Minister of Labor

“Ensure that growth necessarily leads to improved income and jobs It is not based on data, on empirical evidence. It’s an ideological statement.”